A boat is left by Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on Nov 19, 2012. Due to continuing temperature drops, the Harbin section of Songhua River is almost frozen and the section is closed to boat traffic since Nov 19. [Photo/Xinhua]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.